The snow again. White, white net of beauty, net of dream, trapping the earth, trapping the helpless heart of life.
Martha OstensoThere is too much doing - too little being! When we begin to get strenuous, life begins to grow intolerable.
Martha OstensoGrowing old was simply a process of drawing closer to that ultimate independence called death.
Martha OstensoThe lush green of the fields became a rich gold that swayed sturdily under the wind and fell at last before the hands of the reapers.
Martha Ostenso